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Ask HN: Should people stop using ChatGPT?
Morally and for their own benefit, is it best for people to stop using ChatGPT? It seems like the value is not particularly in ChatGPT itself, but the users feeding it data. Should we be using an AI that is controlled by OpenAI?
- speedgoose 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma
- scrapheap 3y agoIn my view people should certainly stop using these LLMs as a source of truth. What worries is that they're often so close to the truth that people start taking what it tells them at face value without stopping and thinking to double check.
- jryb 3y agoAre those people really double checking their previous sources of information though?
- Obscurity4340 3y agoI feel like the answer is somewhere in the middle. You can use it but you will have to double-check everthing to the extent that unless you feel confident you can do that responsibly and quickly, you should ask yourself if you're actually saving enough effort to justify pressing on with that in mind
- bruce511 3y agoaka - the internet....
- hnthrowaway0315 3y agoIt helps me immensely with scala and python code snippets. I still need to double check but so far they are pretty good.
- dev_0 3y ago[dead]
- the__alchemist 3y agoThose witty responses on dating apps aren't going to write themselves.
- quickthrower2 3y agoMaybe you meet someone and your respective bots go on a date to decide if you are a good match
- solardev 3y agoLike Black Mirror? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_the_DJ?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_the_DJ?wprov=sfla1
- quickthrower2 3y agoYes I had that in mind although the black mirror version is kind of inefficient you can probably get a good approx without a full simulation like that.
- dieselgate 3y agoI never started using it but would argue LLMs offer value and people should be able to do what they want under most circumstances.
- gtirloni 3y agoWhat's imoral about using ChatGPT?
- flowzai 3y agoTime consuming fact, that is the main reason. I think can't avoid ChatGPT!
- lfciv 3y agoGPT-4 has fully altered my dev workflow. I don't think I could move away from it unless there was a clear, equivalent, alternative. Not only on the OpenAI UI, but also via the Cursor IDE which I actively use with an OpenAI API Key. Even if you don't use the OpenAI UI you'll likely end up using the produce via other products. Github Copilot, Arc Browser, Duolingo – likely more in the future – all use GPT under the hood.
- runjake 3y agoI’m not going to stop using it but there are a number of open source models that are pretty close to GPT 3.5 and 4. I run Ollama.ai on my Mac with a variety of models — usually Mistral-7B. It’s fast and gives pretty good answers. If you have issues with OpenAI, try those.